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Hi Silva

There could be a family connection as my grandfather had an elder brother and three sisters (as well as a younger brother who was killed in WW1). Don't know what happened to brother William but all his sisters married (1 x White & 2 x Pratt).  My father was vague about his cousins but I know that there were several girls a lot younger than him.  No connections to Lay, Jones or North that I know of!

Grandfather & great grandfather were both born in Rickmansworth.  They moved to Speen some time between 1875 - 1881.

Hope this is enough to see if there is a connection.  Have my Payne family back several generations now, but more recent events are more difficult to confirm.

Good luck
Cicely

Now that is interesting too because I remember my mum saying that the Lay's had family or some kind of connection to Rickmansworth.

Thank you so much! I wasn't expecting an answer so quickly

I have taken out the living person's name from my original post, sorry I didn't realise that I shouldn't have put it in there. The Watmores are definitely known to me.

Thanks again!

Hello

I hope no one thinks I'm being greedy by including so many names in the title of this thread!

My mum tried to do some family research years ago but came to a halt because of her mother's uncertain parentage and maiden name of Jones (Welsh too apparently). Mum has been dead for 10 years now and I've decided to try and pick up where she left off with our strange relatives.


I'll put what I know so far here in case it helps anyone else, but I'd appreciate any leads on any of the names etc


JONES
Lilian Rosina Phylis, b. 22 Dec 1909, we think either in Reading (St Giles / Silver St / Alpine St) or in Wales. Had 3 older half-siblings with a different surname. Had one or two full siblings. Her mother then married a Mr North before she died we think around 1929 (she is buried at Cemetery Junction). Lilian had 2 North half-siblings, a male and a female, and they definitely lived at Alpine St, Reading. One sibling was called Kitty (I think short for Katherine) and possibly another called Ethel.


LAY
My Grandad was always known as"Ron", but I'm not sure which way round his christian names officially were. I think his name was Harold Ronald Reginald, and he was born around 1912, we think at Elgar Rd, Reading. He had 2 older brothers, and the family had links to Huntley & Palmers, and also Huntley, Bourne and Stephens.


PAYNE
My father's side of the family. I've always been told that his family came from the Compton area.  One brother Leonard who lives in Lincoln, and a brother who died as an infant called Denis.

married:

REED, mother was ne SANSUM
Elsie Frances, b. 11 April 1919 Basingstoke, d. 1982 Reading. Elsie had 1 sister Gwen, and 1 brother, both of whom I think lived in London. Gwen had a daughter, but everyone knew her as Bubbles and I have no idea what her real name was. She would have been born around 1955.






(edited to take out the only person I can be sure of that is still living, the others are dead)

Hi there

I went to school with 2 girls with the surname of Beale in Padworth, Berks in the late 1970s if that's any help?